Our Town (1956)
Overview
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.88 |
Directed By
Yūzō Kawashima
Crew
Yūzō Kawashima
Tadashi Nakamura
Fumio Hashimoto
Toshio Yasumi
Kuratarō Takamura
Mitsuo Onishi
Riichirō Manabe
Kimihiko Nakamura
Shōhei Imamura
Masayuki Takagi
Sakunosuke Oda
Akinori Matsuo
TOP CAST
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima
Yôko Minamida
Otsuru / Kimie
Shirō Ōsaka
Shintaro
Taiji Tonoyama
Shime
Tomoko Kō
Hatsue
Tanie Kitabayashi
Otaka
Shoichi Ozawa
Keikichi
Nobuo Kawakami
Night Market Boss
Sanpei Mine
Tanekichi Hanai
Ryusei Ito
Calligraphy Teacher
Tsuchiyasu Kinohara
Hinomaru Bath Owner
Reiko Kuba
Kappa Alley Resident
Tatsuya Mihashi
Jiro Hanai
Tsûsai Sugawara
Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
Kazuo Kinugasa
Car customer (Sekitori)
Kaoru Yamamoto
Female teacher at an elementary school
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